SaaS Financial Analyst — Metrics-Driven Growth Partner

Posted 3 days ago

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Summary

About the Role We're looking for a seasoned SaaS financial analyst who lives and breathes SaaS metrics — and knows how to turn them into decisions that move the business forward. This isn't a "produce a report" role. We want someone who has sat in the seat before, built the metrics infrastructure for a SaaS company, and used it to drive growth, improve retention, and guide strategy. What You'll Do Own and compute our full SaaS metrics stack: MRR/ARR, growth rate, gross & net revenue retention (GRR/NRR), churn (logo and revenue), CAC, CAC payback period, LTV, LTV:CAC ratio, burn multiple, gross margin, Rule of 40, expansion revenue, and cohort analysis Build and maintain dashboards and reporting that leadership can actually act on Analyze pricing, packaging, and unit economics to identify growth levers Model scenarios: fundraising readiness, headcount planning, cash runway, and forecast accuracy Partner with leadership to translate data into strategy — you'll recommend, not just report Identify risks and opportunities in the numbers before anyone else sees them What We're Looking For 3+ years as a financial analyst (or similar role) inside a SaaS company — required Deep, hands-on fluency with SaaS metrics — you can compute them from raw data, not just read them off a dashboard Proven track record of analysis that changed business decisions (be ready to share examples) Strong Excel/Google Sheets modeling skills; experience with tools like Stripe, Chargebee, Baremetrics, ProfitWell, ChartMogul, or BI tools (Looker, Tableau, Power BI) is a plus Excellent communication — you can explain complex metrics to non-finance stakeholders Bonus: experience preparing SaaS metrics for investors, board meetings, or due diligence

  • More than 30 hrs/week
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  • 6+ months
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  • Proposals:10 to 15
  • Last viewed by client:2 days ago
  • Interviewing:
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  • Unanswered invites:
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About the client
Member since Apr 15, 2016
  • United States
    Fremont6:22 AM
  • $945K total spent
    467 hires, 56 active
  • 25,106 hours
  • Mid-sized company (10-99 people)

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